Code of Colorado Regulations
400 - Department of Natural Resources
406 - Colorado Parks and Wildlife (406 Series, Wildlife)
2 CCR 406-6 - CHAPTER W-6 - RAPTORS
Part I - REQUIREMENTS FOR POSSESSION OF RAPTORS
Article VI - USE OF RAPTORS
Section 616 - EDUCATION

Universal Citation: 400 CO Code Regs 616

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 17, September 10, 2024

A. General or master falconers may use any raptor possessed under the authority of their state falconry license in any conservation education program presented in a public venue. Apprentice falconers shall only participate in any conservation program under the direct supervision of a general or master falconer. Further, the following provisions must be met for all conservation education programs:

1. Except for those birds possessed under the provisions of regulation #616.C, any raptor used in a conservation education program must be possessed and used primarily for the practice of falconry.

2. Any fee charged for a conservation education program may not exceed the amount required for the presenter to recoup their cost of the presentation.

3. The conservation education program must include information about the following:
a. Biology of raptors.

b. Ecological roles of raptors.

c. Conservation needs of raptors and other migratory birds.

4. This section does not authorize presentations that do not address falconry or conservation education.

5. The presenter assumes all responsibility and liability associated with any conservation education program they present under this section.

6. Live raptors must be kept under control at all times and are not allowed to come in contact with the public.

B. A state falconry licensee may allow photography, filming, or other such uses of any falconry raptor to create sources of information on the practice of falconry, or on the biology, ecological roles, and conservation needs of raptors and other migratory birds if no compensation is received by the licensee for such use.

C. Raptors possessed under the authority of a valid federal permit issued for the express purpose of conducting conservation education with non-falconry raptors, shall be subject to the provisions of that permit. Federal permittees are required to comply with all the terms and conditions of their federal permit. No state license is otherwise required to possess the raptor or conduct conservation education activities in Colorado.

1. Any individual that holds a valid federal permit issued for the express purpose of conducting conservation education with non-falconry raptors may also possess any non-Migratory Bird Treaty Act species of raptor that was legally acquired. All terms and conditions listed on the federal permit will also apply to the care and use of the non-Migratory Bird Treaty Act raptor(s).

D. Nonresidents holding either a valid federal permit issued for the express purpose of conducting conservation education or a state general or master falconers license may conduct conservation education programs in Colorado for no more than 30 days within a calendar year. A nonresident falconry license is also required. The conservation education program must met the requirements listed in #616 A.

E. Persons previously licensed to possess corvids pursuant to Chapter W-13 ("Possession of Wildlife, Scientific Collecting, and Special Licenses") for educational purposes prior to November 1, 2016 shall be authorized to continue to possess those individual birds for the life of the birds provided the birds are otherwise maintained in facilities that comply with the provisions of #605 and subject to inspection by the Division. Further, escape, theft, death or other disposition of the birds must be reported to the Division in accordance with #620, #621 and #622. Under the provisions of #622, only the Division form is required.

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